Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Angoulême 5th with 49 points, Stade Montois 16th with 10, 39 apart. Recent form flatters Stade Montois's table spot — 10th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Per game in the league, Angoulême were scoring 1.1 and conceding 0.83, Stade Montois 0.8 and 2.23, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Stade Montois entered with three losses in a row. Angoulême had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Stade Montois, 1.
The venue was Stade Lebon in Angoulême, with room for 6,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.